Cross replaced above Gadsden Hospital

Last week the landmark crosses that overlook the city from atop riverview regional medical center were removed from their tower, and Thursday, workers lifted and installed two brand new crosses to take their place.  Hospital CEO Jim Edmondson says that Simmons Signs of Gadsden helped to design and build the bigger, brighter, LED crosses.  The crosses are a left-over reminder the hospital’s early days as the Holy Name of Jesus Hospital that was founded by the Sisters of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity in the early 1900’s.  The order sold the hospital to Health Management Associates in 1991.  Edmondson says that the hospital will hold a cross blessing ceremony that is open to the public on Sunday afternoon from 2 until 4 in the hospital cafeteria.   And, as for the old crosses, Edmondson says that one of the original crosses will be part of a special display inside the hospital.